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Photo Taken With Samsung Galaxy Nexus 2 (GT-i9260)?

The GT-i9260 could potentially be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 2. Since the original Galaxy Nexus rolls with the model number GT-i9250, it would make sense that the next version of it would jump up in numbering sequence. To add to that thought, remember that Samsung almost always keeps follow-up phones on a similar model number scheme, much like we have seen with the Galaxy S (i9000) to S2 (i9100) to S3 (i9300).

So if the the GT-i9260 is the new Galaxy Nexus, then the first photos taken with it have been uploaded to Picasa. No real information is given other than the f/2.65 aperture and 4mm focal length. The pictures are most definitely not taken at full resolution, so it’s tough to tell if this will be an upgraded 8MP camera or not.

In one of the photos, we do have someone using a Samsung laptop and the mention of Bluetooth on a spreadsheet, but that could be a coincidence and not phone related. In the past though, Picasa has been a great source to find the first mentions of unreleased phones.

Other than random rumors, we know nothing about this phone. Most are expecting it to look almost identical to the original Galaxy Nexus, but with an upgraded 4.65″ display, more RAM, and a better processor.

I want to see a real update to something that once again trumps the iphone in essentially every way. And that means a lot thinner and faster, but with much better battery life.

Kyle Fullmer

I don’t get the obsession with thin. I know I don’t want to talk on a dollar bill all day. The Razr was too skinny in my opinion and the iphone5 makes it just a little worse. Please keep making phones for men with man hands.

http://profiles.google.com/babybybusta Andrew Thompson

Upgrade the camera and they got themselves a buyer

Bionic

Really not understanding why we’re not hearing any rumors of a moto nexus. Given all the radio issues and crap with the first samsung galaxy nexus i cant say im all for a 2nd one. But to each their own I guess.

jay sherman

Here’s my credit card. Charge me and ship it!!!

Cam

Still terrible quality photo. Help us SONY, you are our only hope.

Liderc

Help us Sony wan kenobi, you’re our only hope.

http://www.facebook.com/bestmayne Jared Muskovitz

I’d be interested, but I’d rather keep the same display and have an improved battery. I got the extended for my G-Nex and it works for normal use but that doesn’t mean I’m getting through 24 hours on a charge.

I’d love a Moto or HTC Nexus. With great battery and that hardware design, I’d actually consider switching.

ddevito

Either your Nexus or against us.

EC8CH

but will it be on Verizon….

paul_cus

Million dollar question.

MrWicket

I suppose I am excited but I am waiting to see what becomes available.. not sure if I would go another Samsung if there was another brand option.

Diablo81588

Samsung AGAIN? Ugh..

LionStone

I dont think it will be a Nexus.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

samsung sgs4 in testing for release next spring most likely

http://twitter.com/binglut9 Brian

3 nexi are being made by three different companies

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

i would take that rumor with a grain of salt

Larizard

it’s Nexii

http://twitter.com/morpheus282 William

Someone has a foot fetish?

Jacob

Since Kellex won’t respond to me on twitter any nexus owner who wants jelly bean follow these directions it works. saturday morning. this is how i got it.
1.apps
2.all apps
3.google services framework
4.clear data, force stop, disable
5.back all the way out to home screen
6.go back into apps, all apps, scroll all the way to bottom to google services frame work, enable it, then back out to check for updates

Jacob

I forgot to add this is for non rooted phones. Enjoy:)

JamesU513

doesn’t work – been trying this since the announcement – just have to be patient and wait for my batch

daniel375

i did that on friday a few times and it didnt work for me either, what did end up working was disabling mobile data and doing these steps and then trying to pull the update….cant hurt to try. Good luck! (I am rooted and unlocked but stock everything else)

JamesU513

That worked! thanks a lot!

zUFC

he told us about that three days ago(what do you mean he won’t answer you). Plus i heard another trick is put the phone in Airplne mode. worked for a bunch of people that your trick didn’t for.

Tim Swann

or you could just unlock, root and flash any of the awesome JB ROMs out there. I mean, I’ve been running JB for a LONG time now. I HIGHLY recommend Affinity.

fgclolz

If it has the same crappy radios as the orig GNex then I’m not interested. Everything else on the OGNex is perfect for me though.

peeyourownpants

love my galaxy nexus, but my next won’t be on verizon.

Jigga_Z

Worth noting that one of the images is titles “Allshare Play” which is one of the Samsung features on the GSIII…which means it probably isn’t coming from a Nexus device unless Google is changing their Nexus standards as part of allowing for more OEMs to produce one.

Tony Allen

Verizon loves sequels.. it’d be nice to see the CDMA/LTE version get a spec bump as well, with radio/chipset more like the Galaxy SIII since it plays so well with signal and battery life on Verizon’s 4G network compared to the Gnex.

That said, I’m keeping my eyes open for the Nexus version of that 5″ monster. I miss my Incredible but I thrived for more than a 3.7″ screen, so I got it.

chris boyer

More interested in the HTC rumored nexus device. I’m hoping verizon nexus devices will be sold through the play store. I’m not going to lose my unlimited data, so off contract phones are a plus.

LionStone

I’m with ya Chris!

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

There is a way around their co*kblocking schemes.

CapnShiner

Oh yeah? What is your secret method of keeping your legacy plan after renewing the contract and buying a subsidized phone?

upgrade to the phone you want on said sacrificial/dumb phone/grandpa’s iPhone line.

Step two:

active said phone with features you want on their line.

Step three:

Deactivate your own smartphone.

Step four:

Deactivate the sacrificial line(or suspend if that works too).

Step five:

Switch the phone you want to your account from the sacrificial account.
Step six:

reactivate grandpas iPhone/dumbphone in his line again WITHIN 14 DAYS.
IF YOU DO NOT ACTIVATE THE NEW DEVICE ON YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 14 DAYS INSURANCE GOES OUT THE WINDOW.

You can do this a MAXIMUM of once every thirty days per line.

For example you have 4 lines, you and the wife both want motonexus’s and the only way to get them is to sacrifice little Johnnie’s iPhone unlimited data.

This means you get your new motonexus one month, and your wife gets here’s 30 days later.

30 days in between upgrades to make this work. And this has been verified by Verizon reps to work, and even endorsed by said individuals.

Attempt at your own risk, but do so cautiously.

Have fun.

WOS

CapnShiner

I only have one line. Adding another wouldn’t be worth it.

WCDave

I love how your sarcastic demand to see his solution was answered thoroughly. Good job, @wasteofskin

http://twitter.com/BlackBlizzNerd Ben Landwehr

I love my Galaxy Nexus, but if it has a crappy camera again, I don’t think I’ll get it. At least not by Samsung. I’ll stick with the Note 2 or pray HTC or Motorola make one.

ddevito

I’m not due for an upgrade but my wife might be 😀

http://www.facebook.com/justin.signa Justin Signa

I will leave my tbolt for a gnex 2.

TJM

very interested Gnex is the best phone I ever had easy….Wifey is a big red employee so can upgrade every 10 months…but will not upgrade to anything but a gnex 2…..not even the s3! Love the Gnex!!!!

Jason Jackson

i just want better battery life on the next G-Nex

Dain Laguna

a mild spec bump and the same plasticky design is NOT something i want out of the new nexus

http://peoplewho.tumblr.com wireless G

I agree, but I feel that’s what Samsung tends to do, unless it’s the flagship (Galaxy S) product line. Look at the Galaxy Tab 2. I just held a friend’s iphone 5, and it makes my GNex feel bloated and plasticy. But the worst part is, I have to turn my LTE off to get through the day; he doesn’t.

moelsen8

I’d get a gnex2, sure. Although I’m not sure if I would just wait this year out at that point. I want moto, damnit.

htowngtr

Not for a mild spec bump. I really wish Moto would have made one.

hkklife

I am almost positive a Moto Nexus of some sort will occur next year. This year around, if the 3 separate Nexus handset rumor pans out, it’s basically going to let Samsung squeeze a bit more out of last year’s GNex design with allowing a mild spec bump for marketing & component sourcing reasons. Nothin’ wrong with that. It already sound more promising than the One X refresh.

Then whatever other Nexii that are released (HTC & Sony/LG?) Nexus handsets will basically be throwing a bone to the non-Googlerola/Samsung manufacturers who have been faithful to Android but falled by the wayside as Samsung remains the only company to make any real $ from Android. GNex’s primary shortcomings are its poor radios, camera module, and screen. Beyond that, any kind of storage or SoC spec bump is icing on the cake, though I don’t believe the rumors that say it’ll have expandable storage.

htowngtr

Well I fully plan on buying a RAZR HD MAXX and selling my Nexus. I like the software dev community, but I’m fine with vanilla 4.1 on a phone that will easily last all day, have better radios, and better build quality.

cooksta32676

Is Moto really the best hardware and radio, or has it been said so many times that it’s just taken as fact?

htowngtr

In general they are. Much like Nokia, their radios and build quality are fairly well known. The current Galaxy Nexus had poor quality and average radio signal.

hkklife

Over the years, I have tried various other brands of phones, starting in the old Nokia AMPS candybar and Moto MicroTAC days, and always end up coming back to Moto for day-in, day-out reliability (both for build, battery, and primarily reception/voice quality). I’ve never dealt much with GSM carriers here in the States but as far as AMPS, CDMA, TDMA and LTE in my experience, Moto phones are always a cut or two above. Certain older Moto CDMA handsets, such as the E815, StarTac 7868W, RAZR V9m and V60C were legendary in their ability to hang on to a signal without overheating or devouring a battery.

The only time I’ve ever been disappointed on a Moto was the horrible LTE drops on my Bionic and the ICS leaks have definitely addressed that. Now, bloat/performance/screen/camera/specs/OS updates are another story entirely. But for the most part, Moto hardware is always the best if you care about using it as a PHONE. My new GSIII struggles mightily to hold onto any kind of a signal in areas (windowless basements, tunnels etc) where my Bionic, Droid X, OG Drod, etc all had reliable service.

P.S. I would definitely jump from a GNex to a HD Maxx. I’ll wait to see if the JB update improves the radios any on the GSIII before making another rash decision, however.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

Nokia nexus would be effing badass! I can see it now… 4″ screen and best display in its class. Yes, this would be a direct competitor to iPhone.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10602828 Mike Hilal

The radios were only an issue if you stayed on stock AOSP. There were some lemons out there, but for the most part all of the radio ills were cured by moving to a custom ROM. The curvature of the glass is worse than the pentile screen itself. It slaughters any chance at being useful outdoors in direct sunlight.

http://www.DavidPat.com David Pat

I also want a Moto Nexus with a keyboard!

blakjakdavy

I’d be all about it if they also upgrade the battery. A lot.

blakjakdavy

Oh yeah and use a radio that works consistently

Alexander Garcia

Sounds like you guys want a Moto-built Nexus. I do too for those same reasons. =)

cooksta32676

Is there solid data to back up the ever so often mentioned Moto hardware/radio superiority? My DX and Bionic fell short of my Charge and s2 by leaps and bounds. Just curious
..

cobjones

They didn’t own the D2..awful awful radios.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

Solid data? Hmmm. Unless somebody actually did a unbiased study on all the verizon phones at a certain point with focus on DB’s in reception, ability to hold it, and penetration through different barriers, then no. At this point you’ll just have to hold one up next to another.

Speaking of which: I am holding my razr up next to an iPhone 4 on the left side, and a S3 on the right side. Reception measured in DB’s on the latter 2 devices is 98db’s, while the razr is sitting at around 92. That holds true just about 90% of the time with motorola’s phones. For whatever reason they always get better reception when measured by decibals… not bars. Of course the same holds true for voice quality, loudness, and ability to not drop a call in general.

Scott

I won’t go into this decibal thing, but wife’s iPhone gets clear reception where my Gnex can’t even make a call.

LiterofCola

Sign me up as well

Liderc

As long as the new CEO has fired the entire motorola design team, yes.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

^this^

UrDoGG

I agree for the most part. However, I actually held the Razr M the other day and came away impressed.

KleenDroid

I wouldn’t want a Motorola Nexus since it would be the first Nexus to be fully locked down tight… LOL (for those with no Moto sense of humor I am joking)

Yes I also wouldn’t mind a Moto Nexus but I doubt that will happen this year…. Maybe next…

TheDrunkenClam

As long as the battery is removable. I won’t buy any phone where I can’t swap out spare batteries. Having 4 fully charged batteries makes my nexus amazing.

YouForReal?

Are you serious? You call carrying “4 fully charged batteries” with you an acceptable solution? You would rather do that than have a large non-removable battery that would easily last you through the day like my Razr MAXX?

SolipsisticPsychologist

I’d much rather be with the person who has spare charged batteries, if I get into a situation where I have no outlet or other means to recharge my dead battery. Not to mention, I can absolutely make sure my phone will not power on for some reason, if I have the battery removed.

http://twitter.com/Gergle_Gerg Greg Humlicek

Really? Four batteries? So you aren’t around an outlet/car charger during work hours at all? Not even some quick juice during your lunch break? I’ll admit my Gnex battery life is bad but the thought of carrying around 4 batteries as opposed to 2 and having a wall charger in my bag is a little crazy to me… just saying lol

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10602828 Mike Hilal

2 will last me 24 hours…wtf are you doing that you need 4?

http://twitter.com/HRTheJoey Joey B

To everyone criticizing this, my gnexus wont charge my battery, having the ability to throw in another battery or just to remove is a very useful feature.

KleenDroid

Those downvoting this guy for wanting a removable battery must own Motorola phones. These same people want nothing to do with an unlocked bootloader…. LOL

But yes.. needing 4 is a bit excessive for most people. But Moto people don’t remember what a removable battery is anymore.

A Nexus would be my choice from now own unless they started having batteries that couldn’t be removed…. then I would pass.

SolipsisticPsychologist

Yeah, as Android phone makers keep modeling their storage and battery off of the freedom killing iPhone selling model. I find it more and more disturbing, the number of Android users that find this practice exceptable, and not depressingly ironic. To each their own, but I’ll never support something that removes freedom of choice from my Android phones, especially if it’s main cause is manufacturer greed.

(edit for: typos)

Southrncomfortjm

Upgraded camera, 2gb RAM, 1.5ghz dual or quad core, better radios and a non-pentile 720p display and I’d be sold…. if I wasn’t stuck on a Verizon contract. Next time around, its a GSM Nexus all the way!

Ryan

Honestly can your naked eyes see the pentile difference?

zUFC

you’ll regret leaving Verizon. What good is a GSM Nex if you can’t make a call with it?

It’s Nexus for me or nothing, once you go Nexus you won’t go back. Just give us options to choose from.

Abhisshek Das

No external Memory Card slot is a Huge Trade off for me

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10602828 Mike Hilal

I thought so too, until I tried it. Honestly, SDcards are a hassle now by comparison.

http://jordanhotmann.com/ Jordan Hotmann

This.

SolipsisticPsychologist

That, and sometimes why.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

Yeah, I really could care less if there is no SD card slot. As long as it has at least 32gb of memory I’m good. I don’t know what I would do with my 16gb class 10 card tho. It is easier to deal with only one storage point with an android device!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10602828 Mike Hilal

I ended up using my 32GB class10 in my xoom wifi. Not that it gets much use these days anyway.

SolipsisticPsychologist

So you care a lot about not having removable storage, huh? I feel you, I feel the same way. But, I think I indeed care enough about it.

TheOiulkj

Agreed. No more waiting to mount as USB storage, and mounting again if it fails for some reason. Not to mention no more dead widgets and other inconveniences while it’s in USB mode.

Most people only have 16 or so GB on their SD card anyways. So I’m still ahead of the game with 32GB internal.

SolipsisticPsychologist

Hmmmm, seeing as the Rezound has capacity for a 64GB SD card, in addition to the 16GB internal memory. Well, I don’t think you are as far ahead in the “game”, going by your standards, as you think you are. But it does make sense to not want the freedom to swap out storage at your leisure.

billy routh

That’s what I use to say, until I tried the gs3. Samsung just adds such a better user expierince.

Riz Virani

It’s all preference. I like vanilla Jelly Bean more than anything.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10602828 Mike Hilal

They took ICS, and made it like Gingerbread. I guess you really love gingerbread

TheOiulkj

And stock Jelly Bean just adds such a butter user experience.

CapnShiner

I see what you did there.

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

options like… more than one OEM for the nexus phones, and one of them being motorola with verizon radios. Yes, that is what we want!

KleenDroid

The brand new Motorola Nexus!

The first Nexus to be fully locked down!

fixxmyhead

nexus is a good phone and i have the choice to switch with my wife who has it but i’ll stick with my s2. besides it already has aokp jb but i also like touchwiz

KleenDroid

Nothing wrong with the S2 until the next Nexus drops.

Riz Virani

Completely agreed. Since I got my Nexus 7, I hated my Droid 3, and now that I have my GNex, I’m a happy droid

brad1505

Gnex is the best phone I’ve ever had. I’ll never buy anything but nexus now.

SolipsisticPsychologist

It would be interesting to see if it happened for some reason that another Nexus phone model was never released, that you held true to your word, and never bought another new phone.

nightscout13

The resolution is really low is that something we will just overlook?

http://twitter.com/AZTricky Will M

If it’s the same build quality of my current gNex, I’m not interested. It’s time for Samsung (and more Android phones in general) to step up to the plate and start building higher quality phones with awesome internal hardware to match the amazing software. This flimbsy thin plastic back is no longer acceptable to me.

Alan Paone

F/2.65 almost certainly means a pretty bad camera. The HTC One is F/2.0

Dain Laguna

i concurr droppin the ball again

Alan Paone

Its better than the F/2.8 we currently have, I guess there’s that.

LionStone

Yep, even my Inc4 has an f2.2, with bsi sensor…which allows for great close-up shots…equivalent to a 28mm lense.

http://twitter.com/tgwaste tgwaste

Not interested in samsung.

Rex Ryan

Get that chair leg out of the way!

Alan Paone

I sincerely hope this isn’t the only nexus. Samsung needs to take a nexus break and let someone with real design chops try their hand at it.

michael o’brien

That girl looks to have some SEXY FEET…side note…yea GNex2 would be nice…love mine.

Bewara2009

Well its that time of the year where we get to hear rumors after rumors And goes on and on….. This should be fun@!

chuckg73

Nope

Flat_Stanley

Not interested in a Samsung. I’ve been disappointed with the quality of the components in the current one (speaker, camera, battery, etc). I’m not sure how much of that is Samsung’s fault, but I’m just saying.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Ab-Gar/538974072 Ab Gar

If our phones didn’t have all those problems, who the hell would buy the sIII?

trumpet444

If its treated like a real nexus

http://twitter.com/HughHansen Hugh Hansen

Interested? Sure. G-Nex is the best phone I’ve owned. Would prefer an HTC Nexus.

KleenDroid

I agree that my G-Nex is the best phone I’ve owned so far compared to my D1, D2, DX, Thunderbolt. Either Samsung or HTC would be fine with me.

http://www.facebook.com/DaveCalzone Dave Calzone

That would be awesome. Hey, does anyone know if I use my mom’s upgrade on my line if I’ll lose my unlimited data?

http://twitter.com/martyjones100 martyjones100

Yes. You must pay full retail price to remain unlimited.

http://www.facebook.com/DaveCalzone Dave Calzone

Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I’ll be paying the unsubsidized prices for as long as they will let me hold on to my unlimited plan.

Tony Allen

yes, any upgrades on a family plan at this point automatically push the entire plan to shared data pooling.

http://twitter.com/JSIN1605 Jason Mullens

Ive swapped mine out so many times that they will prob just give me this one if i call back again.

http://twitter.com/jobjohnny Steve Moyer

I’d prefer an HTC Nexus device over a new Samsung device, but I’ll take either.

Tim Swann

Would love to see Razr Maxx HD Nexus…hell, I’d even be interested in a Razr M Nexus (I kind of like the sleek, slim design of it)

http://www.flayme.com/troll/ wasteofskin

I would also like to see a nexus by moto. I really think it should not even be a distant relative of the razr series tho. Something totally different with a 4.5-5″ screen, 2gb RAM, 3300 battery, and last but not least that bad to the bone Intel single core chip inside. Yes…

Greg

maybe Intel chips next, right now the Qualcomm S4 is king!

Tim Swann

agreed with almost everything…I don’t want to see screen size bigger than the Razr Maxx HD. I have big hands, but G-Nex (which I have) is about as big as I want in a phone.

KleenDroid

A Nexus should have a removable battery in my opinion.

http://twitter.com/martyjones100 martyjones100

No no

muffnman

Yep. Sign me up.

http://twitter.com/redbullcat Phil Oakley

I think they’ll be at least two Nexuses year: this GNex spec-bump (they won’t make a big thing about it) and a device by another OEM. Hopefully HTC or Sony.

Brian Sargent

I was down with the HTC one put up a couple of hours ago. I don’t like the HTC skin but since its a Nexus, it wouldnt have any of that on the phone.

TheDrunkenClam

Not sure I understand those hoping for a Sony made nexus device. From what I’ve seen, they’ve made nothing but underwhelming android devices with mediocre specs.

JoshGroff

If you only look at what the US got, I’d have to say you have a point.

TheDrunkenClam

You’re right, I probably haven’t seen any of their good stuff that never comes here.

http://twitter.com/redbullcat Phil Oakley

In the US they’ve been underwhelming. In the UK/Europe, I find them to be generally good. Excellent build quality. Brilliant Design.

But yes, specs are a bit down. Hoping they fix that and offer and Snapdragon S4 Pro Nexus.

zUFC

Am i missing something? Why do people keep saying “Sony”. I have never heard of or seen any good sony phones. But it must be me (I’m not as good as you guys on this stuff). Can somone please tell me about a sony phone they are taliking about? I just googled it and saw garbage.(I’m not being a smarta$$, i really want to know). Is it like that LG? that thing is sweet and i always hated LG(not anymore)

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